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Noun
S:
(n)
riot
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public violence
(a public act of violence by an unruly mob)
S:
(n)
rioting
,
riot
(a state of disorder involving group violence)
S:
(n)
belly laugh
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sidesplitter
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howler
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thigh-slapper
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scream
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wow
,
riot
(a joke that seems extremely funny)
S:
(n)
orgy
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debauch
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debauchery
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saturnalia
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riot
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bacchanal
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bacchanalia
,
drunken revelry
(a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity)
Verb
S:
(v)
riot
(take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot)
"Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
S:
(v)
carouse
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roister
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riot
(engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking)
"They were out carousing last night"